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PHUTI MOSOMANE
THE Independent Examinations Board’s (IEB) 2022 matric class has achieved a 98.42% pass rate, a slight improvement on 2021’s pass rate of 98.39%.
About 12 580 full-time and 945 part-time candidates from 232 examination centres writing in 262 venues across Southern Africa wrote the IEB’s National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations in October and November 2022.
This is fewer than the 12 857 full-time candidates and 968 part-time candidates in 2021.
“The performance of the 2022 cohort of students has been outstanding. There is enough credible research on the impact of Covid-19 on the educational aspects of children to provide insight into where we are at, in coming out of the pandemic almost three years later. It is fair to say that it is the 2022 cohort of learners that were hardest hit by the impact of the pandemic when it broke in 2020 in their grade 10 year,” said IEB Chief Executive Officer Anne Oberholzer.
“Various strategies have been employed to try and mitigate these – moving teaching online, pen and paper distance education, catch-up programs, weekend school lessons and so on – some more successful than others.”
Oberholzer said 89.32% of the cohort achieved entry to degree studies, compared to 89.2% in 2021.
While 7.52% qualified for entry to diploma studies, compared to 7.82% in 2021, and 1.57% achieved entry for study at the Higher Certificate level, compared to 1.37% in 2021.
“While the class of 2022 has seen how previous Grade 12 classes of 2020 and 2021 managed to adapt to a new reality, this was the class that missed out the most in their Grade 10 and Grade 11 years which are fundamentally important to success in their grade 12 performance,” Oberholzer said.
The closing date for the application for remarking is Tuesday 31 January 2023.
The results from re-marking will be released on Wednesday 1 March 2023.
Applications for the learners who qualify to enrol for the May/June examinations will be open from 1 March to 15 March 2023.
“External quality assurance processes provide assurance to society that standards of demand in examinations are consistent over time and that one cohort of learners is not unfairly advantaged or disadvantaged. The quality assurance processes also ensure that the conduct of the examinations is carried out with integrity at every step.”
“The examination process is complex, and its oversight is not only extensive, but requires people who are knowledgeable and experienced in the theory and practical aspects of examination conduct,” said Oberholzer.
On Thursday, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will announce the 2022 matric results approved by the quality assurer Umalusi earlier this week.
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